Absolute Soldier

While Lexa drove them to the diner, Clarke told her everything she needs to know about her two best friends. Lexa of course listened intently while keeping her eyes on the road. But when they were finally about to enter the parking lot of the diner, both Clarke and Lexa saw three women sitting inside the mostly empty diner instead of two. Two of them Lexa was familiar with being Raven and Octavia from the blonde’s Instagram page she hacked before but the third woman was a mystery to her.

“Awh this is just great. My mom is here as well. I’m so not in the mood to handle her right now.” Clarke mumbles suddenly sounding tired and annoyed. Lexa didn’t know what’s going on but from the tone Clarke gave out, she figured that the blonde and her mother is having issues.

Lexa didn’t say anything as she silently drives and parked the car a few lots away from the diner entrance. And once she’s shut off the engine, Clarke took a moment to get her bearings before she led the both of them out of the car at the same time. Lexa pulls her hood over her head and then putting her hands inside her jacket pocket before following Clarke towards the diner. The brunette could see the curious look the three women were giving her as they stare at her while she follows after the blonde. But once they step foot into the diner, the yelling begins... Well... the ‘mother’ Lexa had gathered earlier, started yelling.

“Clarke! What the hell is going on?! Imagine what has been going through my mind when I got a call from nurse Harper telling me that you ran off with some stranger and not so much as tell her where you’re going.” Clarke only sighed and listens on. “And you didn’t even bother to pick up your phone when I tried calling you multiple times?!” Abby yelled but Clarke only stares back at her mother defiantly.

Before Clarke could answer her, Lexa moved from behind Clarke and stood beside the blonde before she pulls her hood down. The three women gasped when they realized who it is. “Lexa?” The three women spoke in unison.

“How are y-... How the hell are you here?!” Abby started yelling again. Clarke was about to start explaining when Abby stormed towards the brunette soldier and then a loud smack sounded throughout the quiet diner.

Raven and Octavia’s mouth were gaping in shock while the waitress standing by at the counter and one other patron sitting two tables in front of them stopped and stare at the little commotion. Lexa had her face to the right by the force of the slap and there is a clear hand print beginning to bloom on the once flawless left cheek. But the surprising thing is that, Lexa didn’t even show a slightest hint of pain. Instead she just turns her face back towards the older woman; no emotions on her face apart from the clenching and unclenching of her jaw.

The silence was broken by Clarke yelling and pushing her mother back a step. “What the hell mom! You have no right to do that!” Clarke yelled at her mother as she stood in front of Lexa, blocking her from the fiery older woman.

“I have no right? I have no right?!” Abby said in disbelief. “May I remind you that she was dead, Clarke!! We were told that she died! You fell into deep depression and now suddenly she’s here?! Suddenly it makes it alright?!” Abby begins reminding her daughter of her dark days after the supposedly death of her wife. Lexa was suddenly hit with guilt at knowing just how much her supposedly death effected her wife.

“And she has a good reason for it!!” Clarke lets out a frustrated sighs before she started speaking in a low angry voice. “The ‘stranger’ that Harper saw earlier was Lexa and she was the one who came after me and saved me from the lunatic that was trying to kill me. The very same lunatic that you kept pushing me to date might I add.” Clarke said through gritted teeth leaving Abby gaping. She then pointed to her bruised lip, “This... He did this because I wouldn’t co-operate and give him my project I’ve spent a year trying to perfect. He even pushed a gun to my head to get what he wanted and was probably going to kill me if Lexa hadn’t showed up.” Clarke scoffed with tears already brimming in her eyes before she continues, “So no, you have no right to lay a hand on her mother,” Clarke pointed to the brunette behind her, “and then pretend to care because ever since she was presumed dead, all I had was Aria, Raven and Octavia.”

“That’s because you wouldn’t let me be there for you!” Abby countered fiercely.

“That’s because a couple of months later you kept pushing me to ‘get back out there’!!” Clarke finally let a tear of frustration fall. “I just lost her and I was grieving! But you kept pushing and pushing until I finally fell into the abyss! You forced me to be just like you when dad died. Sometimes I kept wondering what was dad to you for you to forget him just like that and move on so easily.”

“Clarke... I loved him. I-...” Abby tried to reach for her daughter but Clarke steps away from her touch.

“Yeah. Your action begs to differ. You are the very reason why I don’t want to be anywhere near you. The reason I kept my daughter away from you.” Clarke finally said before she took a seat in front of her best friends and whispering a small ‘hey’ to them.

Lexa softly looks on as the blonde took a seat before giving one last hard glance to the older woman before she too followed and took a seat beside Clarke. Raven and Octavia held Clarke’s left hand and squeezes in reassurance as she wipes her tears away with her right. She kept telling her friends that she’s fine but Lexa knew better.

Once everyone has settled down, that’s when they got down to business and began explaining the situation to the three women.

~

“So... those people really made you a super soldier?” Octavia asked almost sceptically. And to prove it to her, Lexa hesitantly took the knife that was on the table before gripping it with both of her hands and then bending it with seemingly no effort at all. The ninety degrees angle of the knife bent was the result of it. Clarke who hasn’t seen that before gasped in shock along with the other women present.

“Whoa... Uh... That’s uh... Wow... Okay uh anyways... So you really don’t remember anything from before your... accident...? Us?” It was Raven who asked this time. From the expectant looks the three women gave, Lexa shook her head ‘no’. “Oh okay... Uhm wow... Uh... So what do we do now?”

“We’re not sure yet. As of right now, they are still looking for Clarke. And my guess is, if they get her, they get me as well.” Lexa said.

“And how do you know that they’re looking for her still?” Octavia asked interrupts.

“I’ve hacked into their system and have been monitoring them. I’ve made sure they don’t know about it and even if they did, they won’t be able to shut me out.” Lexa answered as she took out her phone and showed it to the two brunettes. True to her words, Lexa’s phone shows the organization’s system mainframe. It shows everything and if there are any small changes or any updates done, the brunette’s phone will notify her.

“Wow... This is genius. It’s a really complex method to make your phone into a mini laptop of sorts like what you did here. It’s not impossible just complex. Genius.” Raven breathes out a chuckle as she looks through the app on the phone with amazement. “I’ve never thought that you could be this skilled with technology, Commander.”

Suddenly, another memory appears in her mind.

**

“Come on. You are so a Commander.” Raven teases while Octavia and Clarke laughed along.

“Just because I joined the Marines, doesn’t make me a commander, Raven.” Lexa retorts.

“The guy was just looking over at us. Well his eyes did linger on Clarke but he was just looking. And you literally just made him pissed his pants with your commanding tone.” Octavia pointed out teasingly.

“Yeah well, he shouldn’t have ogled at someone else’s girl. It’s disrespectful.” Lexa mumbles.

“Hence, ‘Commander’ Lexa.” Raven added happily. Lexa could only glare at the Latina.

“Aww babe, don’t glare. It was kinda hot when you go all commander on him.” Clarke said lovingly before pecking the soldier on her lips. Lexa instantly calms down and was looking at her wife with so much love and adoration.

“And here ladies and well... ladies, I bring to you, The Commander ‘Heart Eeeeyes’!” Raven jokes; imitating an announcer’s voice which garners a round of laughter from the three best friends.

**

Clarke and best friends shared an amused smiles at that since the three of them knew how shitty Lexa was with technology before. All the while, Abby sat quietly on the next table watching them with curiosity. Clarke notices Lexa zoning out so she got her attention by gently placing her hand on hers and asked her if she was alright. Lexa frowns and shook her head out of the memory subtly before looking back at the blonde. She didn’t want to dwell on the memory that came to her just a second ago so she covers it up convincingly with a question, “Didn’t I at least have a bit of knowledge with technology?”

“No. You were terrible at it babe.” Clarke chuckles as she answers the brunette without missing a beat but froze and her smile slowly falters when she realized that she had accidentally let the pet name slipped. Lexa notices the slip up but chose to ignore it. But also Clarke didn’t have to endure the embarrassment any longer because Raven broke the awkward moment by asking Lexa something about what she had just saw on the phone.

“Uhm... One of the coms just called in and said ‘we’ve arrived.’ Arrive where exactly?” The Latina asked suddenly.

But instead of answering, Lexa looks out the window and just in time saw 2 black SUV’s turning into the parking lot. In an instance, Lexa got up and pulled Clarke off her seat and covers the blonde with her body while shouting for everyone else to get down on the floor. She then tilted the table to block out the bullets that were suddenly raining through the glass windows of the diner.

“How did they find us?” Clarke yelled through the noises.

Lexa thought about it for a moment when it finally dawned on her. The organization won’t be able to find Clarke since she made sure that the blonde was secure. But she forgot about Clarke’s friends and mother. “They must have tracked your phones.” Lexa said to the three women before she got up and fired her gun.

She manages to shoot 4 soldiers dead and she could already see 4 more coming. She took cover and spoke to the 4 women; specifically to Clarke, “I need you to take the car and go back to the safe house. I’ll take care of them.” She said as she took out her car keys and gave it to the blonde.

“But what about you?!” Clarke asked; panic evident in her voice. ‘I won’t leave you’ is what Clarke wanted to really say. The words were at the tip of her tongue but she just couldn’t let it out. And even though she couldn’t say those words, her eyes spoke volumes and Lexa understood.

“I’ll be right behind you.” Lexa assured the blonde with a gentle smile. Lexa then look to the rest of them and told them to switch off their phones. And with that, she told them to crawl towards the exit at the back of the diner. Clarke took a last longing look to Lexa. But before Lexa could tell her again to go, Clarke leans in and kisses her.

“Please come back to me. I just got you back.” Clarke said pleadingly with tears pooling in her eyes while cupping her wife’s face.

And again, another memory flashes forth in her mind.

**

The terminal was crowded but Lexa and Clarke were in their own personal bubble. It was just them and no one else.

“I love you, Lexa. Promise me that you’ll come back to me...” Clarke whispered sadly on Lexa’s lips with her eyes closed, arms around her wife’s broad shoulders with their foreheads connected as she said her goodbyes. Lexa mirrored her wife with her arms around the blonde’s waist; tears already pooling beneath her closed eyelids.

“I promise I will. You know I will. I love you, baby. Always remember that. Alright?” Lexa whispered back on the blonde’s lips before connecting them for the final kiss.

In the background, they heard the PA system announcing a final boarding call for Lexa’s flight.

‘This is the final boarding call for passengers booked on flight 307A to Jacksonville. Please proceed to gate 3 immediately. The final checks are being completed and the captain will order for the doors of the aircraft to close in approximately fifteen minutes time. I repeat. This is the final boarding call for passengers booked for 307A to Jacksonville. Thank you.’

With a heavy heart, Clarke and Lexa finally let go of each other. The brunette turned and walked away. But just as she was about to go through the check in gate, Lexa turned and gave a lingering look to her wife one last time. She waved and blew a kiss before turning back and proceeding through the gate.

Little do they know that that would be the last time Clarke and Lexa will ever see each other again.

**

“I will. Now go.” With a final look, Clarke finally crawls away towards the back exit and disappears. Lexa watches on as Clarke left before turning back around and fired at the remaining 4 soldiers outside. She got 2 of them easy but the last 2 were being difficult. She ducked behind the fallen table and was about to reload her gun when she realizes that she ran out of ammo. “Fuck...” She mumbles before holstering her gun to the back of her pants. She had no choice but to wait until they make their move on her.

One of the soldiers was creeping up on Lexa’s position while the other was following on his six. Just as the first soldier turned and pointed his gun to the place where he thought Lexa was hiding, he was met with nothing. He looked back to his partner; confused, “She’s not here.”

“What do you mean she’s not there?” His friend replied.

“I mean, what I said. She’s not here.”

But before his partner could reply, Lexa appeared behind the first soldier and twisted his neck; killing him instantly. The second soldier reacted by pointing his gun and firing at Lexa but the brunette was still holding on to the dead soldier and was using his body as a shield. She got a few flesh wounds on her shoulders and two bullets on her left forearm but she gritted her teeth and continue holding on to the dead weight in front of her anyway. She moved closer to the second soldier until he ran out of bullets and only then did she let go of the dead body.

The man tosses his gun aside and decided on a hand to hand combat with her instead. The brunette didn’t know what he was thinking trying to take her out this way since Lexa is literally a super soldier with an advance knowledge to hand to hand combats and her punches could easily break his bones to pieces if she wanted to. But then again, she would gladly do that.

The soldier made the first move by doing a combination of kicks and punches which Lexa blocks off easily. She wore him down without returning any hits and when he was beginning to slow down, that’s when Lexa grabbed his right arm mid punch with her left hand and twisted it outward. She then punches his chest with an open palmed with enough force that it literally stopped his heart. He flew back a few feet through the shattered windows before landing on the ground outside; lifeless. She sighs and then look at the wounds on her shoulders and left forearm. “Definitely need stitches. Great...” She said to herself before moving to leave the diner and decided to run through the streets and towards her safe house.

Keeping the fast pace on her run, her only thought was that she hoped that Clarke made it back to the safe house alright.

~

Clarke felt fear the moment she left Lexa at the diner. She knew that Lexa could take care of herself since she’s literally a super soldier but that doesn’t mean she can’t worry. So here she is leading her best friends and mother to Lexa’s SUV. The soldier’s were too distracted with Lexa inside to even notice the four women entering the SUV and driving off from the parking lot.

As Clarke drove in silence towards Lexa’s safe house, she didn’t realize she was crying until Raven reaches out and puts a comforting hand on hers. “Hey... She’s going to be okay. She’s a tough one. She came back to you after all these years and I know she will again.” The blonde turns to Raven and gave her a grateful smile before looking forward to the road in front of them. Abby saw the fear on her daughter’s face the moment they left the diner. And it made her realize the deep extent of her daughter’s love for Lexa. She also realizes her mistakes and was hoping she could have the chance to apologize for it.

Just as they were about to pass a road junction, a black military humvee came in from their left and hit the front of their car. The force of the impact had Clarke smashing her head against the window; knocking her unconscious while the other three women only suffered a whiplash. The three women were groaning when Raven looks to her left and saw Clarke unconscious and bleeding from her head.

“Clarke... Clarke! Wake up!” Raven started calling out to the blonde to wake her up as soon as she unbuckles herself. Abby having heard Raven’s panic tone, unbuckles herself as well. But as she was about to open the door to get out, all the doors of the car were forcefully open and three gun barrels were pointed to the three women.

“Don’t even think about moving.” The guy who was on Clarke side said. Abby recognizes who it is when she practically growled out his name.

“Finn. What the hell do you think you’re doing?”

“Ah. Abby. Sorry you had to find out this way. Well... I’m sorry you had to find out about me at all but, we just wanted Clarke. So be a good woman and stay where you are and we will be out of your hair in a sec. If you try something, well...” Finn left his words hanging when he nodded to his men as they all cocked their gun and pointed them to the three women’s head.

Finn smiles smugly before he unbuckles Clarke’s seatbelt. He was about to loop his arm beneath Clarke’s knees when Abby spoke, “I swear to God, if you hurt her in any way, I’ll enjoy doing a penectomy on you.”  The man froze for a second before he plastered back on the same smug smile on his face again even though the nervousness could still be seen in his eyes.

“By the time my boss is done with her, I’ll be long gone.” He winks before removing Clarke from her seat. Abby cursed under her breath but stayed seated as a gun is still aimed at her face.

Finn settles Clarke at the backseat of the humvee before handcuffing her to the car’s hand grip. He then shouted for his men to get in the car when Clarke groggily came to. And when she notices what was going on, she started to struggle in her seat. But she didn’t achieve much since she finds out that she’s been handcuffed. One of the men got in and pointed a gun to her face, “Stop struggling.” The man said. She stills her movements and nods her compliant.

Finn smiled smugly when he sees the fear in the blonde’s eyes. He then turns around to the bashed up car and blew a kiss to the three women still seating in it. But before he could get in his car, a knife embedded itself through his right shoulder. He was screaming in pain when Lexa appeared behind him and took out the knife forcefully. Everything happened so fast and when Finn’s men realizes what was going on, two of them got out of the car to distract the brunette long enough for Finn to get up and get in the car.

Lexa manages to kill one of the men and was about to kill the other when Finn draw out his .44 magnum gun and pointed it to her. Clarke saw the gun pointed at her wife; screams for Lexa who distractedly turned away from the man she was about to kill. Suddenly a loud bang could be heard and everything after that seemed to happen in a slow motion. Clarke could do nothing but watch as Lexa froze at the sudden impact on her chest before her legs finally gave out. She fell unceremoniously to the ground and her head bounces off the asphalt before her body became still.

Clarke cried and screamed for Lexa when Finn finally got into the car; blocking her view from her wife. He then slams the car door shut and ordered his associate to start driving leaving the other man to his fate. The last thing Clarke saw from the rear window of the car was her mother and two best friends running towards the woman she loves lying in the middle of the road probably dead. Finn was smiling proudly as he look out the car window knowing that he was the one who had finally kill the rogue super soldier. He then faces the blonde who is still crying for her wife and laughs with pure glee.

“I assumed that that was the wife you never mentioned huh? I thought she’d be harder to kill but too bad that she’s dead now... for good this time.” Finn chuckles. Clarke faces him and snarls. And the next thing he knew, she started kicking him. She got one kick to his head as it bounces off the car window; bruising his nose. Then another one of her kicks manages to land on his hurt shoulder which earns her an irritated groan before he hit the butt of his gun to the blonde’s temple; knocking the lights out of her instantly.

The driver of the car chuckles when Finn started screaming at the unconscious blonde. “Fucking bitch!” He then directs his attention to the driver, “What the fuck are you laughing at!” The man’s smile is still plastered on his face and wasn’t a bit intimidated by Finn’s wrath. Finn then grabs the blonde’s jaw and directs the unconscious blonde’s face to him. “I’m gonna enjoy watching my boss have his way with you.” He said through gritted teeth before spitting on her and pushing her face to the window in return.

~

As soon as the humvee skidded away from the scene, Abby and the girls quickly ran towards Lexa who was lying motionless on the ground after getting shot to the chest. Abby knelt by the brunette’s side and presses her index and middle finger on the woman’s neck to check for a pulse. She was glad to find a strong erratic pulse beating back on her fingers but the woman still wasn’t breathing. She then laid her palm on the woman’s chest and realizes that Lexa was wearing a bullet proof vest. Abby sighed in relief before she puts her hands on the brunette’s cheeks.

“Lexa? Lexa... Can you hear me, honey?” Abby called out. She then pats on the woman’s cheeks and opening her eyelids to see if it was responding before giving the woman CPR. “Sweetie... I need you to breathe. Come on Lexa.” After another blow to the mouth, Lexa’s eyes shot open and gasps for breath. She sat up and coughs her lungs out before groaning at the sudden pain on her chest.

“You’re alright. You’re alright.” Abby said repeatedly as she patted the woman’s back.

“Urgh... Dammit... Every fucking time.” Lexa groans while palming her aching chest. Octavia and Raven both breathe out a huge sigh of relief knowing that their friend is still with them.

Earlier when Lexa left the diner, she was about to run out of the parking lot when she remembered to armed herself with a bullet proof vest. So she quickly turned back and took one from the dead soldier outside the diner. And a good thing that she did too or else, she could have died permanently tonight. A shot to the chest with that caliber gun will surely give you a one way ticket to the other side.

“Language.” Abby scolded lightly. “Looks like you have some lacerations on your shoulders.” The older woman said while analysing the brunette’s body for any wounds when she found the lacerations on her shoulders. The brunette suddenly hissed when Abby touched her left forearm. “Lexa! You were shot! You need to go to the hospital to get the bullets out!” Lexa slowly removes her arm away from the older woman and sighs.

“First of all, we are in the middle of nowhere; miles away from the nearest hospital. Two, we can’t call an uber or a cab because if you switch on your phones, they will definitely be tracking your every move. So why don’t we go back to the safe house and you will treat me there? I have all the necessary tools for you to remove the bullets from my arm.”

“Why would you have the tools to...? You know what, never mind.” Abby asked before deciding not to know the answer. Lexa was trying to get up when Raven spoke.

“You sure you’re okay?”

“Yeah... Just a minor setback.”

“Minor setb-... Seriously? You call that a minor setback? You were shot Lexa!” Raven pointed out.

“Yes. I’m well aware. It comes with the job.” Lexa sighs again and got up like she wasn’t being shot at a while ago. Suddenly she heard a groan coming from her left. She notices that one of the men was left behind. So without any thoughts or mercy, she walks up to him from behind and twisted his neck; killing him.

“Lexa... You could have spared him.” Raven said frowning while Abby and Octavia were speechless at what they had just witnessed.

“What I did to him is more lenient than what they like to do to others. And they are the ones without a chip in their heads. They,” Lexa pointed to the dead man, “are the ones who do it because they wanted to because they enjoy the suffering of others. So don’t even think of asking me to spare them because they will never think twice to spare yours.” The three women didn’t know what to think about all of this but they knew they had to trust Lexa.

As for Lexa, she dragged the body and walked over to her damaged car. She then tosses the dead man to the back seat before moving to the front of the car and hooking her right hand under the bumper. She then started pulling the car along like it weighed nothing.

“Wait. Whoa, whoa... Hey...” The three women stood before her; stopping her. “What are you doing?” Raven asked.

“I can’t risk people finding out what happened here.” Was all she said and then began dragging the car and moving pass the three women who was staring at her speechless. When they realize that she wasn’t stopping to wait for them, they look at each other and sigh in resignation before following the soldier.

About 15 minutes later, they’ve arrived at an old abandon looking warehouse. Lexa dropped the car for a while to press a button on her watch to open up the front gates. When the gates were open, she lifts up the car and pulls it inside again. The three women kept looking at the place, to Lexa and then to each other; deciding if this is a good idea or not. So when the gates were starting to close, they made the choice and ran in to catch up with Lexa.

The soldier led them to the other side of the warehouse where the cargo lift is. From the outside, it looked like it had seen better days but when the soldier key in a code on the key pad by the side of the lift entrance, the lift works surprisingly well. The lift brought them straight to the underground parking where Lexa drops her damaged car on the damaged pile by the corner before she led the three women through her collection of vehicles in order to get to the main elevator that will lead them to her loft like apartment above.

Of course, Raven and Octavia got distracted by the brunette’s vehicle collections. “Whoa Lexa... All these are yours?” Raven asked. Lexa stopped in her tracks and turned around to see Raven walking towards her car collection while Octavia went to her motorcycle collection. “Yes. They’re all mine.” She answered unenthusiastically.

“Wow you must have earned a lot from working for those people. Where can I signed up?” Octavia said jokingly while still gawking at the motorcycles in front of her. But what they failed to notice is Lexa’s sense of guilt and anger knowing that she earned the money by killing innocent people.

“When you know that you kill innocent people for the money, you realized that all of these,” She points to everyone of her vehicles, “means nothing anymore.” She said suddenly; surprising everyone before turning back around and walking towards the main elevator.

When Clarke and her went to the diner to explain to the three women about the situation, they left out the part where Lexa had to kill for those people. Lexa is basically a millionaire right now but she has started to feel that she doesn’t deserve the money at all. Creating this place is the only right thing she has ever done because she ended up using this place for Clarke’s safety. But even that wasn’t enough. The three women saw how defeated Lexa is after what she had just told them. They were surprised by the admission but at the same time curious as to what their friend had gone through these past 5 years.

When they’ve reached the apartment, Aria got up from the couch and almost ran towards her daughter. She hugs Lexa in relief but soon turned to worry when she didn’t see Clarke amongst the women with her daughter. “Where’s Clarke?”

“They took her. But I’m going to get her back.” Lexa answered with determination.

“Oh no you don’t. You still have bullets lodged in your forearm and until I’m done cleaning you up, you’re not going anywhere.” Abby interrupted. Only then did Aria took a long look at her daughter’s arms.

“Maybe you should listen to the doctor, little one.” Aria said gently as she cups her daughter’s jaw. Lexa looks into her mother’s worried eyes and sighs in defeat before reluctantly nodding her head.

She then walks over to the book shelves and pulls on the lever. Inside it wasn’t just where she kept her weapons but at the bottom corner, there is a duffle bag that consists of things a general surgery would need that she thought might come in handy one day. And today, is the day for it. She reckoned that everything Abby needs are in that duffle bag so she picks it up and drops it by the doctor’s feet.

“Here. I think everything you need is in there.” Abby sat down on the couch and begins ruffling through the bag.

“Do I need to know where you get all this stuff?” The older woman asked curiously.

“I stole them from the organization’s infirmary.” She pauses. “Might as well since I mostly patched myself up anyway.” Abby swallows and nods before she took out the things she needed. She then look to Raven and Octavia. “You two, find some cloths and get some warm water too please.” The two young women nodded before scurrying away.

“There are some cloths in the second drawer by the sink.” Lexa pointed out the girls before they were out of earshot.

“And you, I need you to take off your shirt and vest.” After a bit of reluctance, the brunette soldier did as she was told with the help of Aria. Once the shirt and vest were off, Aria gasped at the sight of her daughter’s scarred body. Lexa only looks away, afraid to see the look on the older woman’s eyes.

For the next 45 minutes, no one said anything while Abby worked on the small surgery on Lexa’s arm. Aria was in the kitchen preparing some coffee for the rest while Raven and Octavia were seated on the other couch watching while Abby worked. They were amazed that Lexa didn’t even flinch at the small operation on her arm.

When everything was done, Lexa got up without a word and went to the bathroom upstairs to clean up abit before going into bedroom for a change of clothes. As she enters the second bedroom where she had chosen for her room if she was ever here, she froze for a second when she saw the tiny figure in the middle of her queen sized bed. The little girl looks to be sound asleep so she quietly opens the first two drawers by the door and took out a fresh long sleeved t-shirt and a pair of black cargo pants.

She was kneeling down facing away from the bed trying to tie up her boots when a small voice came from behind her, “Wh-who are you? Where’s my mommy?” The tiny voice was shaky and Lexa knew that the girl is scared.

So Lexa slowly turns around and faces the little girl who is currently holding on to the duvet tightly under her chin. “I’m a friend of your mommy’s.” She said gently before moving to kneel beside the bed. “Why are you awake little one?”

“Mommy sometimes call me little one too.” The girl said with a small smile on her face.

“Did she now?” The little girl nods enthusiastically which garners a smile from Lexa. “So tell me little one, why are you awake?”

“I had a bad dream that mommy’s in trouble...” The girl said and pouted. Lexa was surprised by how right her dream was.

“Listen, I don’t want to have to lie to you about this but... some very bad man took your mommy away.” Lexa could see the little girl was about to cry so she comfort the girl as best as she could. “Hey, hey... Don’t cry. I’m going to do everything that I can to bring her back to you okay?”

“You promise?”

“I promise, little one.” The little girl then did something that took Lexa by surprise. She clambers out of the sheets and wraps her tiny arms around Lexa’s neck. The soldier held on to her and stood up before taking a seat at the side of the bed. They stayed that way for a while just holding on to each other; comforting each other.

Lexa closes her eyes and thought about how she just found out earlier today that this little girl is her daughter. A daughter she shared with the woman who was earlier taken from her by the very same people who took her away from her family 5 years ago. She had missed so much in that 5 years being away from her family and friends. She had missed her daughter’s first kick from the womb, her first breath, her first smile and laugh, her first word, her first step, her first birthday, her first everything. 5 years is a long time and like hell is she going to let them take anymore years away from her. With that thought in mind, Lexa was renewed with a new sense for vengeance.

“Do you think you can go back to sleep, little one?” Lexa asked softly.

“No. I want to stay with you...” The girl mumbled in the crook of her neck.

“How about I pour you a cup of milk? Will that help you go back to sleep?” Lexa tried. After a minute of silence, Lexa thought the girl was already asleep when she felt the girl slowly nodding her head. Lexa then tried to put the girl down on the bed but she held on to the soldier’s neck and whine softly. “Okay, okay... Shh... I won’t let go.” Lexa cooed before standing up with the girl in her arms and exiting the bedroom.

As she was making her way to the open kitchen, she could feel all eyes on her. But she paid no mind to them and did what she came into the kitchen to do. She grabs a cup and went to the fridge and took out the milk carton all while holding the little girl in her hurt left arm. She poured the milk into the cup and told the little girl to sit on the counter before she brought the cup to her. “Now drink up.” She said with a gentle smile.

When the girl was done drinking and the cup had been rinsed, the girl opened up her arms; wanting to be carried again. So Lexa did. She carried the girl and brought her to the living room where the rest of them were just silently staring. When Madi saw her grandmother Aria, she leapt into the older woman’s lap as soon as Lexa took a seat. Abby looks on longingly at her granddaughter but the girl never seemed to pay any attention to the rest of the women in the living room.

“Uhmm... Do you know that... she is...?”  Raven decided to ask but she didn’t know how to mention it. So Lexa finish the question for her.

“My daughter? Yes, I know. Clarke mentioned it when she was screaming at me when I first brought her here.” Lexa answered as she nods at the memory of angry Clarke.

“A-Are you okay... with it?” Octavia asked this time.

“It’s funny. They basically took me away from you guys and wiped out all of my memories including Clarke. Only after it took Clarke screaming at me for me to find out that not only did they wipe out my memories of her but they wipe out the memories of me being married to her and that I was going to be a mom when I get home.” Lexa pauses and then look to the girl who had finally drifted off to sleep on her grandmother’s lap.

“I didn’t even have a memory of her. I didn’t even know that she existed or... in the process of existing. But after spending a few minutes with her, I knew that she’s mine. I can feel it. I can’t even explain it.” She then looked back to the rest of them with a new determination.

“That’s why I’m going to kill them all and bring Clarke back to Madi. I’m not letting them take anything else away from me. They have taken enough. This time, I’m going to take everything away from them.” She said through gritted teeth before standing up and addressing Raven. “Raven, follow me.”

~

Raven followed Lexa to the top of the stairs and to the last room at the end of the corridor. Once inside, the Latina was star struck at seeing all the new state of the art computers. “Damn Lexa. This is heaven.” She said dreamily. Lexa only smirks in response.

“So, I need you to be my eyes and ears in all of this.” Lexa begins before pressing the spacebar on the keyboard to start up the computer. “Everything’s all set. You don’t have to worry about getting kick out of the server because I’ve made sure they can’t.” Raven took a seat on the chair as she stares in awe at the screens in front of her. “You can however disable anything and everything you see fit. Which means, you have absolute control over them.” Lexa then went to the small dresser beside the table and took out a pair of ear buds before giving one of them to Raven who took it and put it in her right ear. “I have a tracking device in my boot just in case everything goes dark and you still need to track me. I need you to keep a look out for me; tell me everything that you see on here. Alright?”

“You can count on me Commander.” Raven said sincerely. “Bring her back. And don’t try to be a hero. You hear me?” Raven added.

“I’ll bring her back; that I promise.” Lexa replied. She was about to leave when she remembered the hard drive that she was using to download all the files from the enemy’s server. “And oh, once the downloads have been completed, there’s a small space under the table, hide the external hard drive in there. Make sure no one knows about it.” She gave the woman a last nod before exiting the room and went straight to the book case. She took out a duffle bag before filling it up with her hand guns and extra mags.

“You’re going after them aren’t you?” Aria asked her daughter. Lexa stops packing and turns around to face the older woman.

“Yes. I can’t risk anymore time. Those people would do anything to get the answers out of Clarke. I will never forgive myself if anything happens to her.”

“You can’t go in alone...” The older woman tries. Lexa sighs and came closer to her mother before holding both of the woman’s hands in hers. “I have to. I have to do this and you have to let me... mom.”

Aria begins to cry softly, “I can’t lose you Lexa; not again.”

“You won’t.”

As if sensing her grandmother crying, Madi woke up. “Nana, why are you crying?” The older woman was speechless as she looks down to her granddaughter. So Lexa answered the little girl for her as best as she could.

“Hey little one. Can you do me a big favour and be brave enough for both you and your nana? She’s just a little scared because I’m going to get your mommy back from the bad people.” Lexa said gently but Madi’s lips were already starting to quiver. “Oh no, don’t cry. If you cry too then who else is going to be brave for all of us?”

Raven came out of the computer room and stood near the railing to look down at the living room when she heard Lexa’s interaction with Madi through the ear bud. All the women were silently witnessing the soft tender moment Lexa shared with her baby girl.

The girl tried hard not to cry but still a few tears manage to roll down her chubby cheeks. “Will you bring mommy back?”

“I will try my hardest to bring her back. I promise.” Madi suddenly moves to jump on Lexa and hugs her tight before moving back to her grandmother’s lap and hiding her face in the crook of her neck.

“I’m coming with you.” Octavia stood up.

“No I can’t let you.” Lexa said as she shook her head.

“I’m the only one here who could handle a gun. Come on. Let me do this. Clarke would kill me if I don’t at least try to keep you safe.” Octavia reasons but Lexa still won’t change her mind.

“Since you’re the only one who can handle a gun, makes you a good candidate to look after my daughter and everyone here.” She told Octavia but the woman still wouldn’t back down. So she sighs before adding. “Please. I can’t lose anyone else.” Octavia finally sighed as well and nodded before walking up to the soldier and hugging her.

“Be safe, you hear me.” She whispered into Lexa ear.

Lexa turns back around, took the duffle bag and then closes the book case before making her way out of the apartment and to the basement. Once in the garage, she went to the steel locker cabinet by the back where she kept all of her long barrelled firearms and grenades. She decided on her assault rifle with the M203 Grenade Launcher and her AGM 003A Pump Action Shotgun. She also grabs a few hand grenades and then made sure to strap on her bullet proof vest and pack extra rounds because she knew that it’s going to be one against an army.

Once she had made sure that she has everything, she tosses her duffle bag into the backseat of her white 2017 Jeep Wrangler. And with a goal in mind, she sets off to destroy The White Mountain Corporation.